The Big Book of Painting Nature in Watercolor by Ferdinand Petrier, photographs by John Shaw. The Big Book of Painting Nature in Watercolor has got it all! Inside this enormous art instruction book are 135 lessons and 60 step-by-step demonstrations about painting trees, skies, water, leaves, buds, blooms, clouds, hills, grasses, fields, raindrops and even a fruit or two. All of the demonstrations are accompanied by 600 full color photographs for you can work from. You can’t help but learn some great stuff from this art book. 399 pages, softback art instruction book.